PLO condemns UNRWA school massacre and calls for international investigation

(MENAFN – Palestinian News Network)
Ramallah (PNN) –

The Ministry of Refugee Affairs
The Palestine Liberation Organization condemned the massacre at the Al-Nuseirat preparatory school for girls, known as “Al-Jaouni,” which is affiliated with UNRWA. The department called on UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini to take practical steps to establish an independent international commission to investigate the deaths of UNRWA staff and displaced persons in its facilities, as well as the attacks on its facilities.

The Palestine Liberation Organization’s Ministry for Refugees called on the international community, the United Nations Security Council and the General Assembly to assume their responsibility and intervene urgently to end the genocide and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem.

The ministry stated that the Israeli government continues its extensive illegal violations and breaches of all international resolutions and is committing war crimes by targeting UNRWA, including destroying its headquarters, killing its staff and bombing displaced persons in its facilities in order to eliminate its presence and prevent its operations in the Gaza Strip. The lack of accountability and impunity have allowed Israel to undermine the refugee issue and disregard international laws and resolutions regarding Palestinian refugees.

The ministry added that yesterday’s attack on the Al-Nuseirat preparatory school for girls, which houses many unarmed civilian displaced people from various areas of the Gaza Strip, resulted in the deaths of 16 displaced people and dozens of injuries.

Since the war began on October 7, the Israeli government has attacked UNRWA staff, killing 195 staff members and injuring dozens. The number of attacks on UNRWA facilities stands at 189, and the number of displaced persons killed in these facilities is 536, most of them women and children.

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